Sledding

The kids were super excited today for...snow!! No cancellation, though...

I was happy to have the chance to stay home today, drink coffee, and listen to the howling wind.

Pep wasn't too interested in going out...until later when I went out with her. 

The kids got home and immediately put on snow gear to sled

Gage, he is made for cold weather. He loves it. Loves the snow. He was just rolling down the hill over and over with his face planted in the snow. Crazy boy.

Savannah did some sledding and called it a day after she got snow all over her face. She got some good runs in though!

Big baby!

This big baby is 94 pounds now!!!

Hot stuff

Gage is definitely mine. He loves loves spicy salsa. He likes my HOT salsa. And...he was making fun of Adam tonight for being a wimp about eating the not-so-hit Frank's hot sauce. Gage eats that by the teaspoon now and then. 

By the way, I let him eat all the salsa he wants since - other than corn on the cob - it's the only vegetable he eats!!!

Lobstah...

Our Xmas tradition of lobsters moved to New Years this year!

Let me tell you, finding live lobster in OH is not easy. I had to drive to Columbus, 1+ hours away. Yes, Gage ate a hot dog instead. 

Next year, I think I will order lobbies early and have them shipped from Maine. Didn't plan far enough ahead this year. Yet another reason we should make sure we end up living along the coast some day in the far away future!!!

Ho Ho!

Xmas morning...yep, Santa definitely came! Savannah said it looked like "a very organized present explosion"!

A double dog dare...

Snowy the elf brought Bean-boozed this year. A "game" with jelly beans that come in good flavored and yucky flavors. Every color has one good flavor and one yucky. So, you don't know if you're getting tooty-fruity or puke, stinky socks, skunk spray, baby wipes, etc. 

Snowy left them a note "double dog daring" them to do it. The double dog dare is serious sobtheybreally had no choice ;-)

Gotta love those faces!

Cat tail explosion!

One day, we decided to go "explode some cat tails" at Grammys. As Savannah wandered down to grab some, Crash got very upset and was as close as she could get...moo-ing it up!

We found a bird nest, and grabbed some explosion material. Then...the twisting began.

Then...it was cat tail snow!

And some pretend Harry Potter wand dueling

Crazy boy cousins

We went to Cousin Matthew and Ryan's house to make reindeer food (bird seed and sprinkles). We spent about five minutes doing that...and then the boys went crazy.

They have so much fun together

Gage adore them...can you tell?!?

Brrrr...an amusement park in winter

Well, we are a little crazy, so we bundled up (not enough, though) to go to the amusement park (lake compounce) for the Festival of Lights. They had all the kid rides open, and the park all decorated for Xmas. They also had a HUGE Xmas tree!

My phone died 5 minutes after getting there, so no pics, but the kids rode bumper cars, drove cars on a track (like Disney), walked through the life sized dinosaur trail, and froze their patooties off. But, they had fun!

A CT visit

Hello Crash and Stash...we loved your Xmas decorations!

Our first order of business was having breakfast with Santa with Kristine and Elizabeth. Savannah told Santa she wanted a stuffed penguin (to make things easy on Santa, which meant Santa had to go find a penguin). 

Gage spend a lot of time with Santa, but he told me he couldn't remember what he wanted when he talked to Santa 8:)

Next up...a horse drawn wagon ride with Grammy and cousin Elizabeth.

Fun day!

Road trip!

We made a quick trip to Ct before Xmas this year. The kids (especially Gage) absolutely love staying in hotels.  We walked into the Hampton Inn room and Gage oohed and ahhed about how the room had everything - a desk - a fridge - a microwave - a wardrobe. Even better - they had Klondike bars to buy...

And waffles,donuts, and mini chocolate chips for breakfast. Gage approved ;-)

Then...it was back on the road to CT!

Sleigh bells ring...

EWhile uptown, we heard sleigh bells ringing and found...wagon rides!! So, we followed the wagon around to find out where the wagon rides started.

Here are the kids high up on Richard the Lionhearted and William the Conqueror, two very sweet draft horses.

Riding on the old brick streets was very bumpy, very clip-cloppety, and helped the sleigh bells jingle jingle.

Special treatment

Mama is getting a pedicure...courtesy of Gage!

Winter Saturday...

Savannah was invited to a tea party, but gage was not interested in tagging along. So,  while she sipped peppermint tea and played dress up, Gage and I went out on the town, had lunch, went shopping, etc. 

 

First up, the Rocky outlet - where we tried on some coon tail hats because, well, how can you not?!?

After we bopped around for a few hours, we picked Savannah up and went on a little Xmas excursion. We found Santa...

Added our names to the good list (with Santa's permission)...

We also found some little Christmas houses set up downtown. Savannah loved these dolls but thought they were a little creepy too.

Thanksgiving...into Xmas!

Thanksgiving dinner :-)

Of course, the morning after Thansgiving, all the pumpkins come down and Xmas goes up!